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A happy news item at the beginning of 1989 is the marriage of Peg Hotchkiss and Harry Hampton in a ceremony attended by family of each. Harry introduced Peg to classmates in September and we wish them health and happiness in their life together.

And in the small world department, Gordon Sleeper took Emmy, seven grandchildren, three sons, and two daughters-in-law to the Reefs in Bermuda to celebrate Gordon's 65th birthday and their 40th anniversary. Among the other guests at the hotel were Harry and Peg on their wedding trip, Harry having been an usher at the Sleepers wedding.

Bob "Lefty" Grunditz enjoyed a round of golf in Naples, Fla., with Al Foster, Allan Jr., and "your Brown '45 chauffeur from Scotland who travels by the name of Ted Howe" and those of you who went to Mount Hermon might know him.

The Sam Cutlers spent time in Mendecino and also shopped in San Francisco. Sam talked to Art Pounds who stressed that he and Jean are ready for any "bed and breakfasters" in Orinda, Calif., just east of Oakland.

Among the retirees who continue to work is Rick Crabtree who "left" McGraw-Hill on November 30 but who will continue as a consultant. His first assignment will be in Paris, where he and Dot will be for four to six months. They are building a new home near Chapel Hill, N.C.

Condolences are extended to Charlie Yoremans, whose wife, Phyllis, died in September. He lives in Oviedo, Fla., and is spending time traveling in his 24-foot Winnebago RV. Charlie also writes that George Rice, who taught at Montana State University, is now living in Kirkland, Wash.

William Hardenstine, one of our V-12 classmates, writes that he is now fully retired and living in Oakland, Calif. a long distance from his previous Orlando address.

By now you must all be aware of the judicial ruling in the first of the Dartmouth Review cases, which said that the suspended students should be reinstated. Without discussing the merits, I would like to close with the very incisive comment by the judge at the end of his decision (as quoted by the Valley News):

"It cannot help but be noticed that had greater civility and less discourtesy been observed by all participants ... such an exhaustive expenditure of human and financial assets might well have been avoided."

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